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Stories tagged with: OHIO Alliance for Population Health

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Faculty Newsmakers

OHIO's February 2026 Newsmakers

March 4, 2026 3 min

Jessica Arquette, Madelyn Hill and Kerri Shaw were named faculty newsmakers for February 2026.
Community Health Worker graduates 2025
Community Health Workers

Community Health Workers bridge gaps in care across ºìÐÓÊÓƵ

February 5, 2026 6 min

Community Health Workers are emerging as vital connectors between healthcare systems and ºìÐÓÊÓƵ’s diverse communities, addressing barriers like transportation, language access and trust that shape health outcomes. Through ºìÐÓÊÓƵ’s expanding CHW training program, hundreds of graduates are using lived experience and cultural understanding to reduce health disparities and strengthen care across the state.
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Career Opportunities

Free community health worker training comes to OHIO Lancaster

October 29, 2025 2 min

Applications are now open for OHIO’s Community Health Worker Training Program, hosted by the Alliance for Population Health and offered at ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Lancaster during Spring Semester 2026.

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Applications open for fall Community Health Worker training

August 5, 2024 2 min

ºìÐÓÊÓƵ is accepting applications for the Community Health Worker Program for fall 2024. The free program will begin in September with a hybrid model including online and in-person classes.

The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Alliance for Population Health received a $1.5 million grant that will establish a behavioral health corridor across southern ºìÐÓÊÓƵ

OHIO Alliance for Population Health creating a southern ºìÐÓÊÓƵ behavioral health corridor

June 21, 2024 3 min

To expand the state's behavioral health workforce, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Alliance for Population Health (OAPH) received part of a $1 million grant to establish a behavioral health corridor across southern ºìÐÓÊÓƵ.
Christopher Johnson sits at the desk in his office with homemade art strung on the wall behind him
Community Health

'You're a bridge. You are the community.'

March 14, 2024 9 min

How OHIO-trained community health workers connect with and care for the people in their region.
Diabetes story
Diabetes

Revolutionizing diabetes care: ºìÐÓÊÓƵ's impact on the Appalachian Diabetes Belt

March 7, 2024 7 min

Diabetes, a national crisis, hits close to home in the heart of Appalachia. While the infamous "Diabetes Belt" traditionally encompasses southern states like Georgia and Alabama, the Appalachian region grapples with similarly alarming rates of diabetes-related mortality.

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ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Announcement

Applications now being accepted for Community Health Worker Program

December 8, 2023 2 min

A free Community Health Worker Program is now available at OHIO Lancaster. The deadline for application submission is Friday, Dec. 29, 2023.
Kim Jones is shown teaching a class at ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Chillicothe
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Experience

OHIO Chillicothe helps support improved community health through Community Health Worker training

June 21, 2023 5 min

Vanessa Escamilla, Bailey Herzog and Jared Robertson come from different backgrounds, but they all share a strong desire to help serve their communities.
students in class
community Service

Applications open for summer Community Health Worker training

April 12, 2023 1 min

ºìÐÓÊÓƵ is accepting applications for the Community Health Worker Program for summer 2023.

A photo of people at an Age-Friendly Athens County community meeting

How ºìÐÓÊÓƵ is improving the health of ºìÐÓÊÓƵ’s aging population

February 28, 2023 8 min

With leading research, technology development, infrastructure changes and community support, ºìÐÓÊÓƵ is taking significant strides in improving the health of the state’s older residents. 

CHSP and Voinovich partner to provide training to health centers

November 1, 2022 2 min

The College of Health Sciences and Professions/OHIO Alliance for Population Health and Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service have teamed up to provide leadership training and professional development to the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Association of Community Health Centers.

Academic Health Departments bring people and expertise together

November 1, 2022 3 min

Universities, health departments, providers and health advocates are embracing the emerging concept of Academic Health Departments to combine their resources and better serve their constituencies. 

ºìÐÓÊÓƵ’s State Health Assessment and State Improvement Plan

November 1, 2022 2 min

The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Department of Health selected ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and its partners to facilitate development of the next State Health Assessment and State Health Improvement Plan. 

OneºìÐÓÊÓƵ Recovery Foundation ensures fair distribution of more than $400M to fight the opioid crisis in local communities

November 1, 2022 2 min

ºìÐÓÊÓƵ leaders secured $808 million in a settlement that gives ºìÐÓÊÓƵ new resources to help undo the damage and strengthen our state’s fight against substance abuse.

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